Telegram-herald., 1887-09-27
DISSERTATION or ART
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i. and frem afn aa explanation Has 90
faiaef fhs wssi gostsf ksatisnaka @ss AZ
frasiilcei a. an artist wsoss pict1Fes srs
moEs kenefaliy $500 al ever the world ta4a
thoss - anY other artist IA AsssFiea, ard
weose productions ara looksd upoa ~ mors
P~oFis thaa are ne pictures q aay c1her
se2rs Il aFtisss Il have seen his piesarss.s
aaid tAe gentleman wlo lafFoiaes1 tbs rs-
porEsr. ''in Lonsl0n. Psris, Berlin and Mad
~ have Asara, too. on good authority.
thas they have a~akss.sd shs zst.snlshnsenE
of TIE sobef na1ives q Japaa and ths
ainond eyed Mougollans. Arsi vel Dc : aoE
satisfied nor gra1iied ~ the Tame 81 nls
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The artist smiled griasly. you have been
toAa TIE truth. b aid. -ouE one thing cur
frIend has neglected - menzlon shsE ~lh
naake everything elear 70 yoa Ny pictures are
nIulElpiied y ghs photographers. They 20
every sasFe. 0eeau<e they are given away 70
encourage appreciation 0f certain brands II
cigars, tobaeco, porous piaStefs aud what not
They ara admired hy the fooiish-thar i, the
great majority of peopls-bscauss they are
bright ana gsaly. They attract the attsn-
ton Of the wise because they are such out
rsgeous dissertations Of art
.-Ons would iafer that you doa't find much
satisfaction N your work, suggested the 70
porter.
II must confess that % not I intend TO
90 an artist some day, bab mean~hile must
make living The lithographers supply mo
With the opportunity. For their money
consent 70 desecrate art SIX or seven times a
day, and for the rest of the time, which Is my
own, / worship at the shrine Of art. as be-
eoues an handle snitor for success"
Are there many some DAY 10 De artists en-
gaEed Ia the wor- n
Quite q number. Some II course will
never get above II. because their talents are
not equal % ANYTHING better la the case OF
Others it knocks al art notions completely
out OF them. and they become content 10 be
mere pot boilers all their lives-that Is, self
styled artists vho have no other end in view
than 70 make living by painting"
rHIEyxs AND PTRArES
"Why does an artist Oh ject to the workr
Because there IS little or no art ia thu
work He has to paint 20 please men wha
have no conception Of art. only some notion,
often a wrong one, as TO what Is likely 10 take
with the public. There are no greater thieves
ard pirates in existence than We men who
paint pictures for lithographers We get hold
OF salon CATALOGUES and photographs-or the
iithographers 60 for us--copy the most strik-
ing dgures, usually making some changes
suggested by the lthographers or mer-
csants, which are never Improvements,
and adapt them TO some soap or patent
medicine Thus some venerable saint OF an
| t-9uity win be transformed into peddler OF
plastcrs, an angel OK mercy will be rendered
as a seductive danSel, whose sole aim in life
Is 10 sell some patent complexion beautifer.
To the commercial spirit nothing Is sacred
| A soap manufacturer saw a photograph OF
well known picture OF the Virgin Mother and
| Child and be wanted to add basin OF water
and cake OF soap and make chrome OF it
% advertise his soap. That was going too
far. even for the lithographer But a little
later he was ourdone in ardacity by porous
plaster man who wanted TO take the same
picture, stick plaster on the child and get
the whole thing done IN bright colors to ad-
| vsrtis- the chief product Of his frm. An
/ other nan. who thought he had some talent
| for siiegcry, wanted a beautiful picture,
Illustrative os the lines: Simply TO Thy
| cross cling turned into chrome to attrast
attention to tonic. He proposed to iil-
4 scribe on the face Of ths cross tho name and
! price Of the medicine
I But won't the chromos In time become
more srtissicF
| "Yes. perhaps There has been a notable
| Improvement recently. Some time ago moth
| ing would do for chrome advertisement but
a simpsring girl with a low cut dress. Now
that style of picture is going out Of fashion.
and tee damsel. though she still retains the
| idiotic sinpsr, is generally decently clad.
| There are some fairly good chrornos used as
advertisements. The originals OF which do not
discredit the artist. But they are few. The
trouble i the advertiser IS too greedy and
wants everything about the picture twisted
sndsiistorted 30 as 20 SC the advertisemenkr-
| New York Commercial Advertiser.